- 3.06 GHz, 2.93 GHz, and 2.66 GHz core speed
- 8 processing threads with Intel® HT technology
- 8 MB of Intel® Smart Cache
- 3 Channels of DDR3 1066 MHz memory
- So let's have look at what the Intel® core i7 processor has to offer :
| Processor Number | Clock Speed | Intel® virtualization Technology | Cache |
| i7-960 | 3.2 Ghz | ✔ | 8 Mb SmartCache |
| i7-950 | 3.06 Ghz | ✔ | 8 Mb SmartCache |
| i7-940 | 2.93 Ghz | ✔ | 8 Mb SmartCache |
| i7-920 | 2.66 Ghz | ✔ | 8 Mb SmartCache |
| i7-870 | 2.93 Ghz | ✔ | 8 Mb SmartCache |
| i7-860s | 2.53 Ghz | ✔ | 8 Mb SmartCache |
| i7-860 | 2.8 Ghz | ✔ | 8 Mb SmartCache |
Intel Core i7 processors deliver an incredible breakthrough in quad-core performance and feature the latest innovations in processor technologies:
Intel® Turbo Boost technology maximizes speed for demanding applications, dynamically accelerating performance to match your workload—more performance when you need it the most.
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology enables highly threaded applications to get more work done in parallel. With 8 threads available to the operating system, multi-tasking becomes even easier.
Intel® Smart Cache provides a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized for industry leading multi-threaded games.
Intel® QuickPath Interconnect is designed for increased bandwidth and low latency. It can achieve data transfer speeds as high as 25.6 GB/sec with the Extreme Edition processor.
Integrated memory controller enables three channels of DDR3 1066 MHz memory, resulting in up to 25.6 GB/sec memory bandwidth. This memory controller's lower latency and higher memory bandwidth delivers amazing performance for data-intensive applications.
Intel® HD Boost significantly improves a broad range of multimedia and compute-intensive applications. The 128-bit SSE instructions are issued at a throughput rate of one per clock cycle, allowing a new level of processing efficiency with SSE4 optimized applications.
Availibilty:
Intel will be launching three new Core i7 products in the next couple of weeks, at 2.66GHz, 2.9Ghz , 3GHz, and 3.20GHz, at prices ranging from $285 to $999 (qty. 1,000).Intel has announced that the official unveiling of the i7 processor will take place on the 17th of November 2008 in San Francisco.
Conclusion :
We batched 100 photos to be compressed using the Adobe photoshop CS4 with a variety of processors to compare which gives us maximum output.The results found are are :
Recommendation
Based on these comparisons, we would recommend the Intel® i7™ Processor. It performed well in all of the tests and had good standard features for the price.
